It’s not a common practice here in Light the Torch but I thought I’d share some of the things — from rowing to sailing, triathlon to skiing —that’s online right now.
A SINGLE-MINDED PURSUIT OF GLORY
Irish Rowing team to compete in opening World Cup regatta
ISAF World Sailing Rankings
FIS releases 2007-08 sport calendars
Triathlete Robertson to return […]
Nine months after his previous World Cup race, Tim Don returns to the circuit this weekend a relieved world champion. There is nothing so precious as that which is taken away and until last week the Briton was banned for life from future Olympics. But there was more than just the Games riding on Don’s […]
ZAGREB, May 26 (Xinhua) — Chinese teenage sensation Guo Yue pulled herself together at 1-3 down, beating compatriot Li Xiaoxia4-3 in the women’s singles final of the world table tennis championships on Saturday.
Zhang Yining and Guo Yan, both of China, picked bronze medals.
(Source)
Even when Guo won the women’s singles title in the 2007 World […]
Hmmm. Bode Miller decides to go off at this whole ski thingie on his own, eh? Brilliant.
(Tell me — is he competing in Vancouver 2010 again? :mrgreen: )
I reckon the mere fact that it’s on the news, it means it’s a big deal. Oh sure, it means he’s free of the *club* rules set by […]
BOYDS, Md. – Nancilea Foster (Spring, Texas) and Thomas Finchum (Indianapolis) closed out the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships by winning individual titles in women’s 3-meter and men’s 10-meter, respectively, on Sunday afternoon. Foster scored 347.25 points in her win, and Finchum tallied 512.05 points for his victory.
(www.usolympicteam.com)
It was Foster’s first individual title for […]
I’ve read in the news before on how Sally Robbins had wanted another shot at the Olympics after her somewhat-scandalous performance during the 2004 Athens Games. Now, after reading the latest on her quest, I’ve learned that it may be close to impossible to have that dream of hers realised.
To bring the rest of you […]
Just so that everyone’s up to speed on things (pun intended :lol: ) let me give you a run down on who may compose the British cycling team.
There’s Geraint Thomas who recently World Track Championships gold medal won in the Team Pursuit. Thomas is also a British record holder as the competitors in team pursuit […]
She’s the first woman (And young at that! She’s only 18!) that I’ve come across who’s into BMX and is planning to compete in the Olympics.
GOLDEN girl Shanaze Reade insists she is still a novice despite sensationally becoming world champion in a second sport.
The 18-year-old World Junior Women BMX champion, one of Great Britain’s great […]
Three-time Olympian Kirsten Clark, the only skier to win four consecutive U.S. downhill titles, will retire after this month’s Alpine championships.
(Forbes)
She’s been in the competitive skiing circuit for the last thirteen years.
The Olympic Games she participated in are the following:
Nagano 1998
Salt Lake City 2002
Torino 2006
Clark won the silver medal in the super-G during the 2003 […]
2005 FIS World Champion Nina Li successfully defended her title Saturday at the 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships at Madonna di Campiglio. Ranked 4th after the first jump, she reclaimed the gold with a solid second jump as leading athletes made mistakes.
[First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine]
Kudos to China for bagging the gold. It’s a […]
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